"Preoccupation" Lyrics
"Preoccupation" has lyrics in English language."Preoccupation" meaning comes from English language and currently not converted to english translation.
"Preoccupation" from the new Black Marble album Fast Idol, out 10/22/21 on Sacred Bones ;
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Video credits: Crack Cloud Media Studio
“A kind of revolutionary spirit but back to nature post apocalyptic motif is what ‘Preoccupation’ is
;Sort of a return to barbarism, reclamation by nature over the state and the protagonists are observers of this going on and narrating it from an anthropological point of
;anything that hints at these motifs but in your own way. "What is on the way?" is just questioning what is coming specifically but knowing what's coming generally. I counted twice 1,2,3,4, but I reversed it, so it's counting down - or counting up rather, but in reverse.”
- Chris Stewart
“What is on the way?” is one of several thematic motifs in Black Marble’s ‘Preoccupation’ that grabbed our
;Our world in recent years has been frozen in ambiguity, but from the perspective of an artist- such uncertainty goes hand in hand with the
;The timing of this production felt like the end of a deep thaw; an invitation to start from square
;We entertained various concepts involving an observer and their connection to a shapeshifting world, but the excitement and shakiness of our own lives and as a group felt more tangible than any fiction we could commit to
;We contemplated our own creative process; what is the main motivating factor behind why we make art? In some sense it’s a means of creating a common ground or language to unite
;A sense of community and playfulness in all of life’s
;It’s this very essence that we sought to realize in our visual interpretation of the
;The creative process for us is always clumsy, emotionally and in
;Our storyboards are often half-baked and riffing off an idealistic notion rather than anything
;We wanted to share with the viewer as candidly as possible what this process looks
;As day dreamers that wear our hearts on our sleeves, we made this video as a love letter to all artists, and the eternal optimism that they represent by nature of their own preoccupation."
- Crack Cloud Media Studio
On Fast Idol, LA-based Black Marble reaches back through time to connect with the forgotten bedroom kids of the analogue era, the halcyon days of icy hooks and warbly synths always on the edge of going out of ;Harmonies are piped in across the expanse of space, and lyrics capture conversations that seem to come from another room, repeat an accusation overheard, or speak as if in sleep of interpersonal struggles distilled down to one subconscious ;At the same time, percussive elements feel forward and cut through the mix with toms counting off the measures like a lost tribe broadcasting through the bass and tops of a basement club ;
Fast Idol is Stewart's fourth full-length album and his second for Sacred ;His previous album Bigger than Life was written in the face of cultural shifts in the US, in experiencing these he realised he was not keyed into certain negative sentiments that were bubbling below the surface, which were breaking out into the ;“I chose to try and take the approach of a soothsayer writing from a macro level, trying to find strands of connection between us because it didn’t feel appropriate to create something self referential and gloomy at the time,” he ;
Stewart writes and plays everything himself, and tours with a rotating cast of ;Emerging from the early 2000s New York synth scene, Black Marble carried on the tradition of early synthwave pioneers like Martin Dupont and Modern Art who repurposed synths once reserved for expensive studios and stadium rock ;Available widely and cheaply for the first time, these synths became a staple for bedroom artists – connecting wires and twisting knobs into something that felt entirely ;Seeking to channel this spirit, Black Marble recalls the gauzy tape wow and flutter of The Membranes and the warbling VCO of Futurisk, carrying on a sound that seeks to channel the future while imprinting residue of the ;These early reference points are still audible, an electronic sound steeped in punk spirit, galvanised by passion: "When I started making songs I got enough positive feedback just to keep me going," Stewart says, "and then I never stopped."
